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* A variant in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'': Kurama, a demon who masquerades as a human, turns out to have stolen one of the three treasures of Spirit World so he can wish for it to save his human foster mother's life at the cost of his own. Yusuke, being a good-intentioned [[Idiot Hero]], leaps in and tells the mirror to take his life instead. The wish is granted, and ''neither'' one dies: it turns out that two people trying to sacrifice themselves for the same wish nullifies the cost of making one.
** It ends up doing that because the force behind the mirror makes it so. Presumably he could have taken either or both of their lives. Said force was just so impressed with them it spared both.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For|Deconstructed]] in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. It's something of a theme in the series that there is ''no such thing as a selfless wish''. Everyone who makes a wish for someone else's happiness is also unconsciously hoping that it will also benefit themselves, even if only
* Quite a few times on ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Sailor Moon uses the Silver Imperium Crystal to make selfless wishes. She wishes Fiore could understand love. She wishes Luna could be human for one night. Her first wish was that all her friends were alive again and that they could all just be normal schoolgirls. She had to take back the second part of that wish when she realized it wasn't completely selfless, since it left the world open to attacks by outer forces, so Luna had to undo Usagi's [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] and later the other girls's.
* In ''[[Anatolia Story]]'', Yuri is taken by the Black Prince as a prisoner of war, along with a good many other Hatusu soldiers. The Black Prince makes a deal with Yuri: if she can defeat a lion in combat, he will grant any request. If she succeeded, he expected her to request her freedom, with the plan that he would send soldiers to kill her in the desert as she was returning to Prince Kail. Instead, Yuri guesses his plan and instead requests that he treat the prisoners of war humanely.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Waku Waku 7]]'': the profile of [[Robot Maid]] Tesse states that she wants to use the power of the Waku Waku Balls [[To Become Human]], but her ending has her making a wish to heal the scientist who created her from his illnesses.
* Deconstructed in ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]''. In what is considered either the saddest or [[Narm
* In ''[[Puzzle Booble]] Galaxy/Space Bust A Move'', Bub and Bob's fairy assistant Snown performs a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to stop the [[Big Bad]]. Having used up most of her magic to save the day, she starts to fade away in exhaustion though grants Bub and Bob one final wish of their choice in her dying breath. As they think, she notices she's stopped fading away. Bub and Bob take pride in their wish as the fully recovered Snown dances happily.
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{{quote|'''Lisa''' I wish for world peace.
'''Homer''' Lisa! That was very selfish of you! }}
* In ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'', Jake makes the selfless wish of saving the day rather than seeing [[Love Interest|Rose]] again when given a magical transportation device. ''Really'' driven home when two portals
* A version of this also features as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]. A short called "Seven wishes" features a girl named Jenny being given a magic flower that grants seven wishes, and each wish takes up one of its seven petals. Throughout the short, she teases a kid named Victor who is sitting on a bench reading a book instead of running around and playing. After several small wish-related adventures, she finally is reduced to just one wish and taunts Victor one time. Victor gets tired of her teasing, finally closes his book, then pulls out a pair of crutches from under the bench and starts to walk home. Jenny then uses her last wish for Victor to be healthy again.
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